Physiological Roles of Betacyanin in a Halophyte, Suaeda japonica Makino

Abstract: Halophytes can be used as a crop on salinized agricultural land. Suaeda japonica Makino is an annual highly salt-tolerant plant, that inhabits salt marshes in the Ariake Sea, Japan. Accompanying growth, leaves of S. japonica change from green to red with accumulation of a red pigment, beta...

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Published in:	Plant Production Science
Main Authors:	Keisuke Hayakawa, Sakae Agarie
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2010-01-01
Subjects:	Antioxidant Betacyanin Chlorophyll Halophyte Reactive oxygen species Suaeda japonica Makino Unfertilized spikelet
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1626/pps.13.351